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Table 5 Differences in daily activity depending on several influencing factors in 2020 and 2021

From: Patterns of physical activity among nursing home residents before and during the Covid 19 pandemic—a systematic observation

Independent variables

Activity 2020 [MET]

Activity 2021 [MET]

Comparison 2020/2021

Cohen´s d

Day of the week

    Weekday

1.12

1.08

t = 4.586

p = .000*

0.225

    Weekend

1.11

1.10

n.s

 

Food intake

    Mealtime

1.09

1.06

t = 3.070

p = .002*

0.206

    No Mealtime

1.13

1.09

t = 3.203

p = .002*

0.169

Men residents

    Present

1.11

1.08

t = 3.428

p = .001*

0.158

    Not present

1.14

1.07

n.s

 

Women residents

    Present

1.12

1.08

t = 4.430

p = .000*

0.184

    Not present

1.00

1.23

n.s

 

Staff or significant other

    Present

1.12

1.08

t = 4.671

p = .000*

0.210

    Not present

1.10

1.09

n.s

 

Daytime

    Morning (am)

1.09

1.06

n.s

 

    Afternoon (pm)

1.14

1.09

t = 3.531

p = .000*

0.188

Activities

    Guided low threshold activity

1.12

1.06

n.s

 

    Unstructured being

1.12

1.08

t = 3.713

p = .000*

0.159

  1. n.s. = not significant; *Significance level after Bonferroni correction: p = 0.05/7 = 0.007